Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has revoked a ban on open-air cooking and food hawking following an outcry from the public.
The ban was imposed by the Acting County Executive Committee Member for Health, Peninah Mukabane, through a letter to the public dated Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
In the letter, Mukabane said the ban was meant to protect public health and minimise the risk of an outbreak of foodborne diseases.
The letter had prohibited open-air cooking, open-air displays, the sale of cooked food, and food hawking in markets, trading centres, urban areas, and in public events.
